20040506: Import SSEC archive data

>From: Elen Cutrim <address@hidden>
>Organization: Western Michigan
>Keywords: 200405062001.i46K1wtK010783 IDV McIDAS grids

Hi Elen-

>Hi I am having a hard time opening satellite areas and grid data 
>into IDV.
>
>I downloaded these data with FTP to my c: drive and tried to access 
>a GRID using the data source selector but it says that resource is 
>not compatible with "VisADD Data Source".

The IDV does not read McIDAS grid files, but should read the AREA
files.  

For gridded data, your best bet would be to get the
data in netCDF format.  You could send a note to address@hidden
asking for the files you want.  You'd need to subscribe to the
list first before posting your request.

Alternatively, you could download the GRIB files as Tom outlined
in his message from the Community Data Portal and then run the
gribtonc decoder over them.

>How can I convert the data from dcarchieve to be accepted in IDV?

What problems are you having with the image data?  If they are
multibanded images, you should remake your request as single
banded images.  Also, you need to make sure they are blown down
by a factor of -2 in the element direction to remove the oversampling.

Don Murray
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>From address@hidden  Fri May  7 15:24:29 2004

Thanks,
Elen

>From address@hidden  Fri May  7 15:23:12 2004

Thanks Don!
I will work on it.
Have a nice weekend!
Elen
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> >From: Don Murray <address@hidden>
> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> >Keywords: 200405062210.i46MAutK029989 motherlode
> 
> Don,
> 
> >Elen Cutrim needs to get some historical netCDF grid data.
> >I thought there was a way to get these data after they've
> >been aged off motherlode through the Community Data Portal.
> >How does she go about getting these?
> 
> I believe that the model data is only available in GRIB format.
> The announcement/story about the availability of data from the
> SCD portal is:
> 
> Unidata HomePage
> http://my.unidata.ucar.edu
>   List All Stories
>   http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/allstories.php
>     IDD Model & Observation Data-90 days
>     http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/article.php?sid=51
> 
> The article has a link to an SDC page:
> 
> Data Support Section
> http://dss.ucar.edu/
> 
> The last link has a Datasets link that should lead to the data
> that is being looked for.  Remember that this is a rolling 90
> day archive.
> 
> Tom
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Elen Cutrim
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Department of Geography
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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FAX: 269-387-3442
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